Albertus Magnus College Acknowledges Constitution Day
Lecture Marks 50th Anniversary of 26th Amendment: Made Voting Age 18
New Haven, Conn., September 14, 2021 – Albertus Magnus College will honor Constitution Day, which commemorates the day in
1787 that delegates adopted the United States Constitution and those who have become
US citizens. This year’s focus will be on the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting
age to 18. This is the 50th Anniversary of that amendment – passed in 1971. A hybrid
event will be held in the Behan Community Room (BCR) of the Hubert Campus Center –
the living room of our campus community. Those attending in person must follow the College’s vaccination policy, or attend virtually.
- Who: Dr. Jenny Diamond Cheng, Constitutional Scholar, will present virtually from Tennessee.
- What: Celebration of Constitution Day and the 50th Anniversary of the 26th Amendment.
- When: Friday, September 17, 2021 at 12 Noon.
- Where: In-person audience at Hubert Campus Center, 831 Winchester Ave. New Haven.
Dr. Cheng is a Lecturer at Vanderbilt University and is an expert on the 26th Amendment. She studies the political and legal treatment of families and children. Her research examines the boundaries between legal childhood and adulthood, and she has written extensively about the minimum voting age. Dr. Cheng holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was Book Reviews Chair of the Harvard Law Review. Professor Cheng also holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan. Before her work at Vanderbilt, Dr. Cheng was a visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and a Miller Center Fellow in Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. She teaches courses on Education Law and Family Law. In 2019, she received a Hall-Hartman Outstanding Professor Award for excellence in teaching.
Photo from 70s at Albertus
About Albertus Magnus College
Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For ten consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health.
Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.